Deflector for headlights



Dec. 19, 1922. 1,439,110. CVB. KYLE.

DEFLECTOR FOR HEADLIGHTS. FILED sEPLzz, |920.

Patented Dec. 19, 1922.

UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN B. KYLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYIIANIA.

DEFLECTOR FOR HEADLIGHTIS.

Application filed September 22, 1920. Serial No. 411,986.

To all whom, it Amay concern .Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN B. KYLE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county oflPhiladelphia, and State ofl Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Deflectors for Headlights, of which the following is afull', clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. y

This invention relates to lights for vehicles, a-nd more particularly toheadlights for automobiles, and is designed to provide an eflicientshield or deflector for a lamp in the focal center of a parabolicreflector, which will prevent the intense rays of light from beingprojected above a given plane, and at the same time intensify the lightthrown on the road directly in front ofthe car.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shield or deflector,which can readily be inserted between the lamp in the focal center of aparabolic reflector and a dimmer lamp out of focus, and which ,can berigidly secured in position in headlights now in use without changingtheir construction.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by referenceto the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it beingpremised, however, that changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit.

and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claim. y i Fig. 1is a front view of one form of re- I flector with my invention appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through Fig.' 1, With a lamp in the focalcenter, and a lamp out of the focal center.

Fig. 3 isy a face view of a removable deflector.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device shown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the reference character 2 designates aparabolic reiector having an annular flange 3. 4 are key slot openingsin the flange for securing the reflector in a lamp casing in the wellknown manner. y

The reficctor is provided with two lamp openings 5 and 6 for thereception of lamps 7 and 8, respectively, the lamp 7 being 1n the focalcenter of'thereiector While the lamp 8 is above the focal center.

mounted that its concaved surface is next to the lamp in the focalcenter, so that the deflected rays of light above a given plane will bereflected `back to the reflector 2 from.

which they will be again reflected below the outer edge of thedeflector, to the road directly in front of the car, so that the lightat this portion will be increasedwhile the objectionable light rays fromthe focused lamp above a predetermined plane will be eliminated.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a deflector similar to that shown in Figs.1 and 2, but in which ,the deflector is formed integrally with asupporting ring, and which is adapted to be insertedin a reflector suchas shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and secured in position by means of thereflector securing means, without soldering the deflector to thereflector.

In this form 3a designatesa ring having key slot openings 4a therein,and 9? the deflector which is integral with an arcuate shaped strip 10extending from one side of the ring to the other side. tab secured tothe deflector 9a at approximately the center of its peripheral edge, andwhich is provided with an opening 12 for the reception ,of the plug ofthe lamp in the focal center of the reflector.

This form may be made by rst blanking out the device and then shapingthe deflector between dies.

The device shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is arranged to,be secured inreflectors already on the market, or may be -used in connection 11designates a y with new lamps, so that the deflector can retainingmembers and the lamp in the focal center.

-The advantages of my invention result from the provision of adeflectorof parablic form for a parabolie-re'leetor which is arranged todeflect and reeet thevrays of light from a focused lamp above apredetermined plane, back to the parabolic reector by which they arereflected to a lower plane to increasegthe light on the road in front ofthe vehicle or automobile.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is A removable deleetor fora parabolicreflector comprising a continuous annular suportlng frame a crescentshaped defleetor ent lnto the erm of a segment of a parabol-a, the outerperiphery of the deflector beingarranged to contact with the face of thereflector, an arcuate shaped supporting member formed integrally withand' extending from 'one side of the frame tothe other

